I learned to regulate my emotions. For the first in my life, I tried both loving and letting oneself  to be loved. It turns out, to let ourselves be loved was harder than to loved someone.
Surprisingly, I acquire a knowledge to interact with another person. I built my own confidence, moreover joining dancer team in high school.
Did I transform into a new person?
No. I am still that 'old Maria' on the inside. That shy and timid person who loves being alone, a bookworm who loves to read, write and draw everything.
But the different thing is, now I am happier and always be grateful.
I learn to accepting myself. I try to loving myself more and be positive about my life. I identified my own weaknesses and of course my strengths.
As I have matured, I realized that people judge another person based on the physical appearance. They will, and always love to judge you. Judgement is human nature, you cannot change that because it is a part of our thinking process.
Based on "What is Beautiful is Good", a Journal of  Personality and Social Psychology written by Karen Dion, Ellen Berscheid and Elaine Walster, evidence abounds that attractive people are judged more positively on a wide variety of dimension. Analyses reveal that attractive individuals were indeed judged to be more socially desirable than are unattractive person, and it is presumed that their lives will be happier and more successful.
Does beauty really the key to happiness and success?
Robert G. Franklin and Leslie Zebrowitz wrote in their journal Attraction and Beauty, more attractive people elicit more positive first impressions. This effect is called the attractiveness halo, and it is shown when judging those with more attractive faces, bodies, or voices. Moreover, it yields significant social outcomes, including advantages to attractive people in domains as far-reaching as romance, friendships, family relations, education, work, and criminal justice.
But, according to Nancy Etcoff, in her book  Survival of The Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, beauty influences everything from our perceptions and attitudes to our behavior toward others. But, beauty doesn't necessarily make a person happy. Happiness deals more with personal characteristics such as optimism, high self-esteem and finding comfort in affection for people rather than in looks or money. The key of happiness is to stop always wanting more and to be grateful for what you do have.
Actually, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty cannot be judged objectively, for what one person finds beautiful or admirable may not appeal to another.
